Raymond John Leppard was a British-American conductor, harpsichordist, composer and editor.
16 Facts About Raymond Leppard
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Raymond Leppard conducted operas at major international opera houses and festivals, including the Glyndebourne Festival where he led the world premiere of Nicholas Maw's The Rising of the Moon, the Metropolitan Opera and the Royal Opera House.
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Raymond Leppard composed film scores such as Lord of the Flies and Alfred the Great.
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Raymond Leppard studied harpsichord and viola at Trinity College, Cambridge, and became interested in choral conducting.
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Raymond Leppard became closely associated with the Goldsbrough Orchestra, which became the English Chamber Orchestra in 1960.
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Raymond Leppard retired from his post as Director of Music at Trinity College in 1968.
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Raymond Leppard subsequently edited Monteverdi's other surviving stage works, L'Orfeo and Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria, as well as operas by Francesco Cavalli and Jean-Philippe Rameau.
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Raymond Leppard conducted several of his realisations both in the theatre and in the recording studio.
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Raymond Leppard conducted Britten's Billy Budd at the Metropolitan Opera and the San Francisco Opera, as well as Gluck's Alceste and Handel's Alcina at the New York City Opera.
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Raymond Leppard conducted at the Royal Opera House in London, in Paris, at the Hamburg State Opera, the Santa Fe Opera, in Stockholm and Geneva.
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In September 1986 Raymond Leppard conducted the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Singers and Chorus at the Last Night of the Proms in the Royal Albert Hall, London.
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From 1987 to 2001, Raymond Leppard was the music director of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, where he collaborated with concertmaster Hidetaro Suzuki.
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Raymond Leppard received an Honorary Degree of a Doctor of Letters by the University of Bath in 1973.
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Raymond Leppard was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II in 1983.
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Raymond Leppard bequeathed his extensive archive of opera realisations to the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
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Raymond Leppard received a total of 7 Grammy Award nominations during his career:.